Mecca is distinguished by its towering mountains, and its mention is always related to the proverb that “the people of Makkah know better about its reefs” because it is surrounded by mountains from all sides, and the Arabs were old when they went to the Kaaba and came to it from the outside, they wandered in their mountains and reefs and died due to thirst, but the people of Mecca are the only ones who know Its mountains and reefs are never lost.
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4 mountains, you should visit in Mecca
Light mountain
Jabal Al-Nur is one of the most famous mountains in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which is located in the northeast of the Holy Mosque. Gabriel, peace be upon him, has a mountain height of 642 meters, and it descends steeply from 380 meters to a level of 500 meters, then it continues to decline in the form of a right angle to the top of the mountain and its area is five kilometers and 250 square meters.
Mount Laurel Thor
Gaur Thor mountain is considered one of the most famous mountains of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which is located south of Makkah, and its height reaches 728 meters, and it extends from north to south at a distance of 4123 meters and from east to west at a distance of about 4000 meters. Jabal Ithl, when Thor bin Abdul Manaf lived in it, the mountain was named after him as a mountain, as for the laurel, it is a hollow rock with a length of 1.25 meters, and it has two holes first, on the east, and the other on the west.
Khendama Mountain
Jabal Khendama is located in the southeastern side of the Great Mosque of Mecca. Jabal Khendama is considered to be a rugged mountainous area, where the elevation in some of its parts reaches about 615 m. Its mountain slopes descend to the east and west with steep inclinations that in some places reach 80%, especially in the part between the north and south In the region, so Jabal Khendama is considered one of the most attractive mountains for photographers, due to its closest summit to the Grand Mosque and the regions of Mecca.
Arafat Mountain “Arafat”
Jabal al-Rahma is one of the most famous mountains of Makkah and it is located on the road between Makkah and Taif. Everyone, especially pilgrims, is keen to stand on Mount Mercy in Arafat during their performance of the Hajj ritual foundation. Mount Rahma or Jabal Arafat is made of smooth smooth stones of black and large size, and is located to the eastern side of a mountain Arafat, with a length of 300 meters, has a circumference of 640 meters, and the base of the mountain rises from the surrounding land by 65 meters.
A photo taken from inside Jabal Al-Nour
The summit of Mount Thor
Mount of Khendama
Many are keen to visit Mount of Light
A picture of Mecca from the top of Mount Khendama
A picture of Mecca taken from Mount Khandama
Light mountain
Mount Arafat
Mount Arafat is one of the most important mountains that pilgrims visit
Mount Laurel Thor
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